Thermometer style

A glass BD 1950 style with a pear shaped bulb, especially like the BD 150 flat type with a generous coating of vasoline

I agree the 1950 pear shape bulb is the best.

I don’t really like glass one there just too small in my opinion how ever they also give you more fun because unless a digital thermometer that reads a temperature in like a minute. You don’t keep in in the butt as long as a glass one. So there are pros and cons with them but digital is what I grew up around

Definitely the old fashioned glass thermometers are the best. They allow for deeper insertion and have a much different coolness feel going in.

Definitely old fashion glass thermometer.

My mom used old fashion during my infant and toddler years and I got rid of them when they were not being used anymore.

Old fashion ones. Nothing like the good old thermometers.

Old fashioned glass thermometer is the best!

I prefer the old glass thermometers of my childhood, but for some kinky games ( sex with a thermometer in your rectum) , I do use small plastic ones. Safety first.

An older vintage rectal thermometer was made for just that purpose, and nothing more. The later glass models were universal, with a slender bulb, similar to the vintage oral style. Not too exciting, and may have been intentionally designed that way to discourage rectal use on kids, which doesn't comply with the new social agenda.(Because we all know that rectal temps. cause irreparable psychological harm, according to the "experts "). Probably the reason that the ebay scalpers ask such a high selling price, is because they realize how valuable these are for a rectal temp. "aficionado." If you notice, the oral versions cost a very reasonable amount, by comparison. If your only choice is a digital thermometer, it's better than nothing. For those of us who appreciate the luxurious feel of a vintage glass, etched rod, with a pear-shaped bulb, anything else is like a rectal "invasion."

For a physical it has typically been the glass one. For a shot, it's the digital kind. Certainly a bit more humane as a patient in terms of being faster to register. It allows the nurse to get on with giving the injection. Regardless of which one, there is always the KY reminder between my cheeks once it has been completed!

Classic pear shaped rectal for sure, nothing like them. My mom had two, an upstairs which was a BD in a clear plastic snap case and a downstairs which was a generic in a black plastic screw case. She was not shy about taking my temp and because of my condition took it like a little boy pretty much all thru high school

Geratherm works well.

Definitely going to say old fashioned glass thermometer however digital ones can be quicker but not as accurate in my opinion.

Old fashioned glass with the pear shaped tip

I use a forehead one that u hold a little bit away,it's a digital one

Old fashioned glass for sure, a glass candy thermometer is a nice option also, fully inserted for an accurate core temp

Classic glass thermometer for sure

Long, thick, intimidating ones.

My mother gave me her old mercury B-D basal thermometer to chart my fertility. Mom also taught my husband how to chart my basal body temperature rectally.

Classic glass rectal thermometer, with the pear-shaped silver bulb and the red tip. I think these were made to distinguish them from the (boring) oral thermometers, which most of the time had the blue tip, and the long slender silver bulb end (boring). The rectal thermometers always stood out with a red triangle shape, or red rounded tip. Some had the raised red tip. Some had the stubby silver bulb, but only the ones with the pear-shaped silver bulb were used for my rectal temperature checks. All of mom's rectal thermometers that her and all my sisters used on me had the red triangle tip. I also remember seeing them at the clinic that all the nurses used for my rectal temperatures.

Glass, but not the really small baby variety.

I am now using a Geotherm for Rectal temperatures.

The trusty old three sided glass ones everytime. In the right hands it can make me moan with pleasure.

Old fashioned glass thermometer all day and twice on Sunday haha. Nothing more accurate

I like the new digital thermometers, the beeping is very important for me 😃

The one I remember was glass with a little round tip, which I grew accustomed to at home.

@SubmissOne wrote:

The one I remember was glass with a little round tip, which I grew accustomed to at home.

I remember those round-tipped thermometers well. They appeared quite different from glass oral thermometers, which had elongated tips (which definitely felt uncomfortable in my mouth). On the packaging, some manufacturers referred to the the rectal models as “stubby” or even “baby” thermometers. Just the sight of one can still get my heart racing.

Just from the feeling I prefer the glass ones, but all my memories are from digital thermometers. I use and like both of them equally.

Definitely I prefer glass rectal thermometers such as Geratherm and also classic prismatic rectal thermometers.